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Event 63532

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
August 17, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Vital Signs Colorado Inc.

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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Vital Signs Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe For monitoring of core temperature

Z-0407-2013
Recall number
Z-0407-2013
Initiated
August 17, 2012
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Vital Signs Colorado Inc.
Quantity
243,685 units

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
There is a potential for epistaxis during use of the Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

There is a potential for epistaxis during use of the Disposable General Purpose 9 French Temperature Probe.

Code information

Model Numbers 1016, 1016EU, R1016ES; GXXXX64 All units Made in Costa Rica are affected Lot Numbers: 12089A 12131A 5575A 5586X 5633U 5664E 5685G 5712T 12090B 12138A 5578K 5603R 5636Y 5666R 5685H 5714Z 12100A 12157B 5578L 5606U 5638P 5668N 5685J 12101B 12173A 5580Y 5614N 5638Q 5669G 5689Y 12102A 5573Q 5580Z 5615N 5648T 5669H 5691T 12108B 5574A 5581A 5621U 5648U 5671D 5692H 12109B 5574B 5581L 5623H 5653Z 5673V 5696Q 12114B 5574X 5583E 5631C 5658D 5683V 5700J 12117B 5574Y 5584C 5632V 5660C 5683W 5703N 12130B 5574Z 5584D 5633T 5664D 5683X 5708R

Distribution pattern

Worldwide distribution: USA (nationwide) including states of: AR, CA, FL,GA, IL, LA, MA, MI, MO, NC, NH, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SE,TX, and WA; and countries of: AUSTRALIA, BARCELONA, GERMANY, NEW ZEALAND, NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, and UNITED KINGDOM.

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